The Hanging Valley

<p<b&lsquo;The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong&rsquo; &ndash; Stephen King</b<br<br<bFrom the master of police procedural and bestselling author of <iStanding in the Shadows</icomes <iThe Hanging Valley</i, book four in Peter Robinson&rsquo;s the Inspector Banks series.</b</p<p<em<bTwo murders. A missing person. A village with a terrible secret.</b</em<br<brA faceless corpse is found in a tranquil, hidden valley below the village of Swainshead, the victim&rsquo;s identity deliberately obscured. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks arrives, he finds that no-one is willing to talk. Banks's frustration only grows when he suspects his latest case might be connected with an unsolved murder and a missing local woman, which occurred in the same area five years ago.<br<brAmong the silent suspects are the Collier brothers, the wealthiest and most powerful family in the area. When they start using their influence to slow down the investigation, Banks finds himself in a race against time . . .<br<br<b<iThe Hanging Valley</iis followed by <iPast Reason Hated</iin the Inspector Banks series.</b<br</p